tritely
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Related to tritely: prominently, insolence
trite
(trīt)adj. trit·er, trit·est
Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.
trite′ly adv.
trite′ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | tritely - in a trite manner; "tritely expressed emotions" |
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Translations
بابْتِذال
otřele
klichéagtigt
elcsépelten
á útslitinn hátt
banálne
bayatlamış şekilde
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tritely
adv a tritely obvious remark → eine Binsenweisheit; nobody is perfect, he said tritely → er machte die banale Bemerkung: niemand ist vollkommen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
trite
(trait) adjective (of a remark, saying etc) already said in exactly the same way so often that it no longer has any worth, effectiveness etc. His poetry is full of trite descriptions of nature.
ˈtritely adverbˈtriteness noun
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